So great to see you and meet your students last month. I trust their afternoon presentation went well - they were engaged and articulate throughout the sharing of ideas when we met. In addition to speaking directly with Nicholas (Pinkham?) about a FB style character project that one of my former student teachers put together, I had a couple of thoughts that I am hoping you might pass on. First, for Ben Davis and Thomas Fiske, I thought they might find this book:
Teaching Recent Global History: Dialogues Among Historians, Social Studies Teachers, and Students – Turk, Diana B.; Dull, Laura J.; Cohen, Robert; Stoll, Michael R. from Routledge, I think of some interest, if not use.
Second, Justin (I didn't catch his last name but he was a social studies focused person) might be interested in connecting with Rhonda Tate who teaches 7th/8th grade ELA and science at Dedham - she put together a remarkable activity around introducing "To Kill a Mockingbird" that used images from the book as well as from Ferguson in a gallery walk. I am sure she would share her thoughts about putting it together as well as reflections on how students reacted if Justin wants to connect with her via email (I'd be happy to do an e-introduction).
As for ways we might collaborate, I'd like to talk more - perhaps we could Skype sometime in the next few weeks?
Finally, I thought this might be an interesting opinion piece to share with your students - it gets closer to what I thought your future English teacher (who's designing a poetry unit) was getting at when she asked her question about student engagement with content - sometimes technology is not the ticket (although I think as a resource for the teacher, it often IS the ticket - but we can talk more about that when we meet - I'd love to hear your opinions).
(Also: apologies for how much time has passed since the conference - I just found this in my drafts!)
So great to see you and meet your students last month. I trust their afternoon presentation went well - they were engaged and articulate throughout the sharing of ideas when we met. In addition to speaking directly with Nicholas (Pinkham?) about a FB style character project that one of my former student teachers put together, I had a couple of thoughts that I am hoping you might pass on. First, for Ben Davis and Thomas Fiske, I thought they might find this book:
Teaching Recent Global History: Dialogues Among Historians, Social Studies Teachers, and Students – Turk, Diana B.; Dull, Laura J.; Cohen, Robert; Stoll, Michael R. from Routledge, I think of some interest, if not use.
Second, Justin (I didn't catch his last name but he was a social studies focused person) might be interested in connecting with Rhonda Tate who teaches 7th/8th grade ELA and science at Dedham - she put together a remarkable activity around introducing "To Kill a Mockingbird" that used images from the book as well as from Ferguson in a gallery walk. I am sure she would share her thoughts about putting it together as well as reflections on how students reacted if Justin wants to connect with her via email (I'd be happy to do an e-introduction).
As for ways we might collaborate, I'd like to talk more - perhaps we could Skype sometime in the next few weeks?
Finally, I thought this might be an interesting opinion piece to share with your students - it gets closer to what I thought your future English teacher (who's designing a poetry unit) was getting at when she asked her question about student engagement with content - sometimes technology is not the ticket (although I think as a resource for the teacher, it often IS the ticket - but we can talk more about that when we meet - I'd love to hear your opinions).
(Also: apologies for how much time has passed since the conference - I just found this in my drafts!)
Hope to talk soon,
Linda